The middle-income class plays a crucial role in socio-economic development and in achieving long-term aspirations articulated in Ambisyon 2040, which envisages a predominantly "middle class" society where no one is poor. However, there is no standard definition for the middle income class that...

Often development focus has been on measuring and analyzing poverty in order to reduce poverty. While the poor face future prospects of being perpetually trapped in poverty, the nonpoor also are vulnerable to poverty. Vulnerability has been particularly recognized in the wake of the impact of...

The middle-income class plays a crucial role in socio-economic development and in achieving long-term aspirations articulated in Ambisyon 2040, which envisages a predominantly "middle class" society where no one is poor. However, there is no standard definition for the middle income class that...

Often development focus has been on measuring and analyzing poverty in order to reduce poverty. While the poor face future prospects of being perpetually trapped in poverty, the nonpoor also are vulnerable to poverty. Vulnerability has been particularly recognized in the wake of the impact of...

The Philippines has set an ambitious goal of becoming a predominantly middle-class society free of poverty by 2040. However, this aspiration comes at a time of significant global headwinds that pose risks to the country's development trajectory. Growing the middle class is more closely related...

The Philippines has set an ambitious goal of becoming a predominantly middle-class society free of poverty by 2040. However, this aspiration comes at a time of significant global headwinds that pose risks to the country's development trajectory. Growing the middle class is more closely related...